this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war
we love and support our troops, just as we love and support the Iraqi people – without exception, or precondition, or judgement.
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This undated photo released by the family shows Josh Omvig of Grundy, Iowa, sitting on a bunk in Iraq. The purposed Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act of 2006 is bill named for Omvig, 22, a soldier in the Army Reserves who killed himself in December 2005 after returning home from an 11-month deployment to Iraq. The bill would require the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to create a national program to screen and monitor veterans for risk factors for suicide. Rep. Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa, who served as an Army helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War, introduced the bill in the House in July 2006. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, co-sponsored a Senate version, which was introduced Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006.
(AP Photo/Family photo)
from Achilles’ Song
by Robert Duncan
Time, time. It’s time.
The business of Troy has long been done.
Achilles in Ireuke has come home.
And soon you too will be alone.
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